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In this paper, we prove the existence of a countable family of regular spherically symmetric self-similar solutions to focusing energy super-critical semi-linear wave equations \begin{equation*} \partial_{tt}u-\Delta u=|u|^{p-1}u \qquad…

We prove nonlinear stability of the fundamental self--similar solution of the wave equation with a focusing power nonlinearity $\psi_{tt}-\Delta \psi=\psi^p$ for $p=3,5,7,...$ in the radial case. The proof is based on a semigroup…

In this paper we report on numerical studies of formation of singularities for the semilinear wave equations with a focusing power nonlinearity $u_{tt} - \Delta u = u^{p}$ in three space dimensions. We show that for generic large initial…

The nonlinear wave equation $u_{tt}-\Delta u +|u_t|^{p-1}u_t=0$ is shown to be globally well-posed in the Sobolev spaces of radially symmetric functions $H^k_{\rm rad}({\bf R}^3)\times H^{k-1}_{\rm rad}({\bf R}^3)$ for all $p\geq 3$ and…

We study the uniqueness of singular radial (forward and backward) self-similar positive solutions of the equation $u_t-\Delta u = u^p, \quad x\in{\mathbb R}^n,\ t>0,$ where $p\geq(n+2)/(n-2)_+$.

We consider the problem -\Delta u - g(u) = \lambda u, u \in H^1(\R^N), \int_{\R^N} u^2 = 1, \lambda\in\R, in dimension $N\ge2$. Here $g$ is a superlinear, subcritical, possibly nonhomogeneous, odd nonlinearity. We deal with the case where…

We prove the existence of infinitely many solitary waves for the nonlinear Klein-Gordon or Schr\"odinger equation $$ \Delta u-u+ u^3 =0 , $$ in ${\bf R}^2$, which have finite energy and whose maximal group of symmetry reduces to the…

This paper investigates the multiplicity of singular solutions for the nonlinear elliptic equation $-\Delta u =f(u)$ near the origin. Applying the classification of nonlinear functions and the transformation, which were developed by the…

In this paper we study the semilinear elliptic problem $$ -\Delta u -k^2u=Q|u|^{p-2}u\quad\text{ in }\mathbb{R}^2, $$ where $k>0$, $p\geq 6$ and $Q$ is a bounded function. We prove the existence of real-valued $W^{2,p}$-solutions, both for…

We consider the defocusing nonlinear wave equation $u_{tt}-\Delta u + |u|^p u=0$ in the energy-supercritical regime p>4. For even values of the power p, we show that blowup (or failure to scatter) must be accompanied by blowup of the…

We analyse the energy supercritical semilinear wave equation $$\Phi_{tt}-\Delta\Phi-|\Phi|^{p-1}\Phi=0$$ in $\mathbb R^d$ space. We first prove in a suitable regime of parameters the existence of a countable family of self similar profiles…

In this paper, we consider the semilinear damped wave equation with nonlinearities of derivative type $|u_t|^p$. We observe that this problem admits a unique global (in time) solution with small initial data for all $p > 1$ in low spatial…

We prove local existence and uniqueness of the solution $(u,u_t)\in C^0([0,T];H^1\times L^2(\mathbb{R}^N))$ of the semilinear wave equation $u_{tt}-\Delta u=u_t|u_t|^{p-1}$.

: We establish existence of an infinite family of exponentially-decaying non-radial $C^2$ solutions to the equation $\Delta u + f(u) = 0$ on $R^2$ for a large class of nonlinearities $f$. These solutions have the form $u(r,\theta )=e^{i…

In this paper, we prove the existence of non-radial solutions to the problem $-\triangle u=f(z,u)$, $u|_{\partial D}=0$ on the unit disc $D:=\{z\in \mathbb C : |z|<1\}$ with $u(z)\in \mathbb R^k$, where $f$ is a sub-linear continuous…

We prove the existence of an infinite sequence of distinct non-radial nodal $G-$invariant solutions for the following critical nonlinear elliptic problem: $({\mathrm{P}})\quad {*{20}c} {-\Delta u = |u|^{4/(n-2)}u},\quad u\in…

We study singularity formation for the focusing quadratic wave equation in the energy supercritical case, i.e., for $d \geq 7$. We find in closed form a new, non-trivial, radial, self-similar blowup solution $u^*$ which exists for all $d…

In studies of superlinear parabolic equations \begin{equation*} u_t=\Delta u+u^p,\quad x\in {\mathbb R}^N,\ t>0, \end{equation*} where $p>1$, backward self-similar solutions play an important role. These are solutions of the form $ u(x,t) =…

We prove that the focusing cubic wave equation in three spatial dimensions has a countable family of self-similar solutions which are smooth inside the past light cone of the singularity. These solutions are labeled by an integer index $n$…

Solutions of the semilinear wave equation are found numerically in three spatial dimensions with no assumed symmetry using distributed adaptive mesh refinement. The threshold of singularity formation is studied for the two cases in which…